Online Ancient Texts and Translations

This is an attempt to list transcriptions and online translations into English of any significant ancient authors in Greek and Latin. Many of these are to be found at one of the major online collections listed in the Archives tab below, including Bill Thayer’s LacusCurtius site and the Perseus Greek and Roman Materials collection at Tufts.

In a few cases source material
is available on multiple sites; for example, the LATIN tag might link to the Latin source material at site A,
but the ENGLISH tag might link to an English translation at site B with Latin alongside it there as well.
If the author or work is not listed below it may still exist in one of
the archive collections listed under the archive tab below.

Please contact me if you find that links are not working or are
incorrectly reported here, or with any suggestions to improve this list. If one of the links below leads to only part of an expected work, let me know so I can flag it.

Collection Archives

LacusCurtius —
Bill Thayer's Gateway to ancient Rome. A large and carefully curated site dedicated to Roman antiquity, with many texts in Latin and Greek and in English translation, plus a photosampler of Roman and Etruscan cities and monuments, Latin inscriptions, maps, and more.

Perseus Greek and Roman Materials — The vast Tufts University collection of digital Greco-Roman documents in Greek, Latin, and English, with morphological and vocabulary assistance.

Loeb Classical Library — The entire Loeb library is digitized and online for those with access via their institution’s subscription, with the same facing page original on the left/English on the right system as in print.

The Latin Library — Extensive collection of source materials in Latin, curated by William L. Carey at George Mason.
Index here. Latin and classics-related links here.

L'antiquité grecque et latine — Comprehensive assemblage by the late Philippe Remacle of classical and medieval texts in French translation, often side-by-side with the original Latin or Greek.

Internet Sacred Texts Archive — John Bruno Hare's site includes a section for texts from ancient Greece and Rome, largely with some connection to pagan beliefs; mostly in English or with English in parallel to the original.

Ancient History Sourcebook — A compendium of excerpts from ancient sources on specific topics, collected and edited by Paul Halsall at Fordham.

Bibliotheca Augustana - Graeca - Latina — Ulrich Harsch's collection of arts and literature from various cultures, including texts in Latin, Greek, and several other languages and a virtual museum of ancient and medieval art and artifacts.

Elfinspell History collection — An open source publisher of arts, literature and invention, organized according to the nine Muses. Clio history site includes a variety of secondary sources on various periods and some primary source material.

Theoi Classical E-Texts Library — A collection of works from ancient Greek and Roman literature in translation emphasizing classical mythology and so primarily ancient poetry, drama and prose renditions of myth.

Forum Romanum — Latin literature and modern texts on Roman life and history, plus links to sources and resources on other sites, maintained by David Camden. Index of authors here.

Livius — Articles, commentary, and source documents. Livius is a website on ancient history written and maintained since 1996 by the Dutch historian Jona Lendering. Includes articles on a broad array of ancient and related topics, including a subsite of materials relating to Alexander the Great.

Linkstorms

Attalus — Contains detailed lists of events and sources for the history of the Hellenistic world and the Roman republic. It includes links to online translations of many of the sources, plus some original translations.